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Jaantzen
Jaantzen’s yelling as the Alliance woman — she can only be Mahr — takes aim at the ragged figure on the ladder. But he’s too far away, and his shot skims past her when the charge from her own weapon jolts her out of its path. He ducks for cover as the guard beside her turns and fires. Nayar’s ended up on the opposite wall, taking cover behind a stack of crates.
The plasma carbine leaves a smoking black char on the asphalt beside him — apparently the Alliance version of this weapon has gotten a boost beyond what Jaantzen is familiar with. Nayar leans out from cover and fires, but her shot goes wide, and she’s rewarded by a charge from the carbine that ignites the contents of the crates she’s hiding behind.
Someone is screaming. High above the battle scene. And Jaantzen watch
